Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale
DOS - 1987
Also released on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Apple II - Apple IIgs - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - PC-98 - ZX Spectrum
Description of Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale
Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale (aka バーズテイル, Shadow Snare, The Bard's Tale I), a really nice role-playing (rpg) game sold in 1987 for DOS, is available and ready to be played again! Also available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC-98 and ZX Spectrum, time to play a fantasy, turn-based and dungeon crawler video game title.
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Comments and reviews
Alyfox 2019-12-15 0 point
The trilogy was one of my favorite sets of games from my youth; I pumped hundreds of hours into playing them at my friends place, then on my own PC when I finally got one. Side notes: BT4 was a disappointment but the Remastered original trilogy is really great and I highly recommend getting them
Dylan Cranford (MasterNinjaDylan) 2017-05-14 2 points DOS version
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bard%27s_Tale_(1985_video_game)
This game is amazing.
Dylan Cranford (MasterNinjaDylan) 2017-05-14 18 points
This game is simply amazing. The creator of this game, Michael Cranford, is my father and when he showed this to me I loved it immediately. This is definitely one of the best RPG games ever made. -Dylan Cranford
Daniel 2016-06-29 4 points DOS version
This game seriously changed my life. So many of my interests to this day (Tolkien, D&D, wizards, 3-D first-person games, RPGs etc) were first brought into my awareness by it.
Mapping on graph paper was half the fun!
Sc@r 2013-07-19 1 point DOS version
my very 1st rpg i ever played and loved it, i dont think ppl of today would have the patience to play it, i did the same thing aswell with the 99 berserkers.You had to do stuff like that in this game though, of wondering around and just killing, u just couldnt continue on in the game b/c ur guys would b to weak so u had to keep fighting the same guys over and over to level up alot.
Balthazar 2013-05-21 -1 point DOS version
Apple IIGS version? Laughable... you want the really pimped out version of the whole series look fer the amiga version, thats the version i played growing up and well, my amiga 2000 made alot of 486 games look shitty (and was 5 or 6 years older)
guest 2012-10-03 -2 points DOS version
Review of The Bard's Tale for DOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYrfaJ1iBM
oogla 2011-09-12 3 points DOS version
I wish I had a dollar for every time I massacred Baron Harkyn's legions (3 groups of 99 berserkers) when I was a kid. I spent hours killing them over and over and leveling up my party to insane levels. What a great game, good maps, fun story.
woodelf 2009-11-24 0 point DOS version
this was my first adventure game ever.
Thanks guys. It was very nice to play it again.
GnomeLeveler 2008-04-24 0 point DOS version
This and Wasteland are probably my favorite RPGs that employ this type of interface - first-person 3D for navigation and then text-based turns for combat.
Bards Tale provides a really rich system of combat equipment, spells, and magical items. Plus, the monsters and other enemies are truly varied and the slightly animated pictures of them are superb, especially compared to the other games of its time.
This is from the days before auto-mapping was common, so be sure to grab some graph paper and have some fun :)
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Buy Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale
Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale is available for a small price on the following website, and is no longer abandonware. GOG.com provides the best release and does not include DRM, please buy from them! You can read our online store guide .
Game Extras and Resources
Some of these file may not be included in the game stores. For Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale, we have the following files:
959 KB (DOS)
Other Releases
Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale was also released on the following systems:
Amiga
- Year: 1986
- Publisher: Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Developer: Interplay Productions, Inc.
Amstrad CPC
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: Electronic Arts Ltd.
- Developer: Interplay Productions, Inc.
Apple II
- Year: 1985
- Publisher: Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Developer: Interplay Productions, Inc.
Apple IIgs
- Year: 1987
- Publisher: Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Developer: Interplay Productions, Inc.
Atari ST
- Year: 1987
- Publisher: Electronic Arts Ltd., Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Developer: Interplay Productions, Inc.
Commodore 64
- Year: 1986
- Publisher: Ariolasoft UK, Electronic Arts Ltd., Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Developer: Interplay Productions, Inc.
PC-98
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: Electronic Arts, Inc., Pony Canyon, Inc.
- Developer: Interplay Productions, Inc.
ZX Spectrum
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: Electronic Arts Ltd.
- Developer: Interplay Productions, Inc.
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